| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
Hello to everybody.We are new ATARIST users me and my son.We made
a copy of a game ...but when we tried the game we have an error
message:THis is a copy disk, please type any ..Could someone help
us ?Thanks a lot.
Maya DAN @PAO
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 358.1 | Copy Protection | VINO::BHAMILTON | Buzz Hamilton | Tue Jan 03 1989 11:59 | 19 |
Welcome to Personal Computing!
It sounds like you are not familiar with 'copy protection'. Have
you ever heard of software pirates?
The current copyright laws allow you to make a backup copy of anything
you buy. They forbid giving or selling copies to anyone else. In
order to protect their investment the sofware companies often do
strange things to their distribution disks to prevent ANY copying.
You are expected by these companies to only use the original disk.
I happen to believe that using a copy of a program that you did
not purchase is wrong and very harmful to the survival of Atari
computers.
If you have the original disk - use it. If you don't - buy it.
I'm sorry to come on so strong, but it's the way I feel about a
very large problem in Personal Computing. I apologize if I have
misinterpreted your problem.
| |||||
| 358.2 | Maybe it's PD fellas? | SEDOAS::TAYLOR | Thu Jan 05 1989 04:54 | 19 | |
Maya,
notwithstanding Buzz's 'hard line' answer, if you're 'new' to the
computing world, you may not be familiar with some of the terms
and issues, for example:
PD software - this is short for 'Public Domain', i.e. nobody expects
you to pay for it, there is no 'copy protection', there is a great
deal of it available, a lot of it is rubbish.
Without knowing what game you are trying to use, we cannot know
whether it's 'PD', or not.
Care to tell us?
Honest, we will try to help!
regards,
Ken.T.
| |||||
| 358.3 | Thanks for the help | EVOAI1::DAN_M | Maya DAN | Mon Jan 30 1989 04:40 | 9 |
Thanks for the help... I tried to copy a copy not an original
one.I heard something about pirates, PD, etc.This one I have tried
it wasn't in this protected category -at least at the first view.May
be the information I have about are wrong.
In any case thank you and best regards
Maya
| |||||